Boeing to build Apache helicopters for Poland as part of $4.7 billion contract
(Reuters) -Boeing said on Wednesday it will produce AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for international customers, including 96 for the Polish Armed Forces, under a foreign military sales contract worth about $4.7 billion awarded by the U.S. Army.
Boeing said deliveries are expected to begin in 2028. Poland’s order represents the largest number of Apache aircraft ordered outside the United States in the program’s history.
The Polish Ministry of National Defense, which currently leases eight planes from the U.S. Army, is already training pilots and maintainers on the attack helicopter, Boeing said.
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More than 1,300 Apaches are currently operating worldwide, according to Boeing.
The Pentagon said Tuesday that Boeing won two contracts worth more than $7 billion, including the $4.7 billion Apache contract and another Air Force deal worth $2.4 billion for the Lot 12 Production Aircraft, G081, subscriptions and licenses.
Boeing has delivered new Apache aircraft to international defense forces including the Australian Army, Indian Army and Royal Moroccan Air Force in recent months.
(Reporting by Parth Chandna in Bengaluru; Editing by Leroy Leo)
